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    6 Amp RCBO 13 Amp load

    Doing a rewire at the moment in an empty house. I am using RCBO's mostly so when i got 1 room complete i wired the 4mm radial into the RCBO so we could get the kettle going. After several brews i went to disconnect it only to find i had wired it into a 6 Amp RCBO! The trip never operated once...
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    ELCB Voltage operated replacememnt ??

    hello have a query re the above, as i came accros one for the first time yesterday. i am aware that these devices are now obsolete and should be replaced. Now many people advise to remove and replace with a modern RCD to current standards. if you do replace with a new RCD, basically covering...
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    Voltage Operated Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker

    An old fuse board with only 4 fuses 1 5amp, 1 15amp and 2 30amp fuses has a VOEL CB as the ADS for the whole board. I was adding to an outside circuit, one more light, using SWA cable and whisker boxes for a junction. When I came to testing, I was not sure how to test VOL CB. I have a Metrel...
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    Remote smokes, battery operated

    Is it possible to get wireless interlinked smokes which are battery operated only?
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    Voltage OPerated ELCB

    HI Guys Quick question. Does the RCD test also test VOELCBs? Guess the answer is No! How do you test them? Cheers Pete
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    ELCB, RCD, CB's what do I need to be safe?

    I'm from Holland and the idea my electrical installation wasn't safe never crossed my mind. I live in Thailand now and things are a bit different here, something I first noticed when my first pc was fried. It was then I had the sockets replaced and ground and put a surge protection unit in...
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    voltage operated elcb, nuisance tripping

    Advice needed please, I was called out last week to a nuiscance tripping problem with an old elcb, IR tests showed up a L-E fault on ring circuit, finaly traced the fault to a wall light run off ring circuit which was shorting out in the socket. I disconnected this, put everything back together...
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    suitable voltage operated trip replacement

    Had to install an 80A 30ma RCD today to replace a Voltage operated trip. Customer wasn't interested in a new consumer unit. Had a fair bit of difficulty terminating the 25mm tails using the unsuitable enclosure I bought to house the RCD. Any advice on the best one to use for when an RCD is...
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    Lighting circuit

    Hey, just a quick question from a numb moment i had a few day ago, i came to connect a 2-way lghting circuit which was operated by 2 3cores and used a neautral. i dident wire this lighting circuit, and have never come across it before, can anyone explain how this would have worked? Also, when...
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    off load/on load switching

    Can anyone give a simple definition of on load and off load switching? Examples of each would be great, Am i right in thinking an emergency stop is a on load and a isolater a off load. Thanks in advance.
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    Remote control operated outside lights

    I am wondering if anyone can name me a manufacturer that makes floodlights that work via a remote control and/or a remote PIR with a battery in it. I know they exist because I have come across such a system a while ago however I cannot remember the name.:confused: The system I came across had...

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